Gender and age distribution of occupational fatalities in Taiwan

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1604-1610

  Lin, Yen Hui ^a   Chen, Chih Yong ^b   Luo, Jin Lan ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age groups; Fatal occupational injuries; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH; LAW ENFORCEMENT; WEIGHT CONTROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ELSEVIER (CO); FEMALE WORKERS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; INJURED WORKERS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORK EXPERIENCES; WORK RELATED;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 46149112340     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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